Patriots odds of winning Super Bowl LIII have dropped because the NFC is stacked The New England Patriots defeated the Houston Texans 27-20 to
start the 2018 season on track. They’re 1-0
Donald Trump Jerseys 2019 , a favorite in the AFC, and they beat a conference rival.And yet their odds to win Super Bowl LIII declined according to Bovada.The
Patriots are still the favorites to win the Super Bowl with 6/1 odds (14.3%),
but that’s a drop from their 15.4% odds ahead of the season opener. What
gives?Well, the next four teams most-likely to win the Super Bowl are all in the
NFC and they all won their season openers, too. The Los Angeles Rams and
Minnesota Vikings are tied for second with 8/1 odds, followed by the
reigning-champion Philadelphia Eagles at 9/1 and the Green Bay Packers at
10/1.One way to look at these odds is that the AFC has a much lower level of
competition than the NFC, so the road to the Super Bowl is more easier for the
Patriots; there are more scenarios where New England reaches the championship
than any of those four NFC teams.Bovada projects a three-team race in the
AFC
White Stephen Gostkowski Jerseys , with the Patriots given 2/1 odds (33.3%) of representing the conference, followed by the Pittsburgh Steelers at
5/1 and the Jacksonville Jaguars at 6/1. There’s a four-way tie with the Houston
Texans, Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs, and Los Angeles Chargers at
12/1.Meanwhile, there are six teams that have better odds of representing the
NFC than that quartet in the AFC. The Vikings lead the way with 9/2 odds,
followed by the Eagles (5/1)
Stephen Gostkowski Jerseys 2019 , Rams (11/2), Packers (6/1), and a tie for fifth-place between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints (10/1).I don’t
think anyone would complain about having a less competitive path to the Super
Bowl, especially with the Steelers tying the freaking Cleveland Browns in the
season opener. But I also think it’s too early to be so assured in the NFC’s
dominance and want to see how those Texans, Ravens, Chiefs, Chargers
White Matthew Slater Jerseys , and Denver Broncos squads look in the coming weeks.Regardless, the Patriots will be able to cement their position atop the
AFC if they can knock off the Jaguars on Sunday.NFLPA announces Patriots’ player
representatives for the 2018 season True to its name, the NFL Players
Association’s job is to represent players across the National Football League.
No matter if when it comes to wages, legal counsel (just think Tom Brady versus
the NFL during Deflategate) or simply monitoring if teams act within the
framework of the collective bargaining agreement, the NFLPA, in its own words,
assures “proper recognition and representation of players’ interests.”Since the
union represents more than 2
Matthew Slater Jerseys 2019 ,000 professional football players spread across 32 teams, it also needs representatives within each franchise. Today,
those within the New England Patriots have been announced by the NFLPA:Seeing
these four players represent New England’s players within the NFLPA speaks for
the respect they enjoy among their teammates. In the cases of McCourty and
Slater, this is nothing new: the two veterans have served as team captains since
2011 and are among the Patriots’ leaders on and off the field. Cardona,
meanwhile, is also no surprise considering that he recently received the Ron
Burton Community Service Award.Ted Karras being on the list, on the other
hand
White Devin McCourty Jerseys , is a minor surprise. The third-year offensive lineman is a depth player and as such only irregularly used on the field, but
his peers apparently think highly enough of the 25-year old for him to represent
them in the union – if only as an alternate for Slater.
